Cornell's incoming Class of 2015 and new transfer students will discuss E.L. Doctorow's novel 'Homer and Langley,' the 2011 New Student Reading Project selection, in events on campus Aug. 21-22. (Aug. 18, 2011)
Rudyard Kipling, who famously wrote, "East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet," obviously never met Lisa Nishii. Negotiating cultural differences is something she has had to do from birth. Now an assistant professor of human resource (HR) studies and international and comparative labor at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), Nishii has a most unusual heritage: Her Japanese father is descended from Buddhist monks, while her mother traces her ancestry back to the original Mayflower settlers.
Six undergraduates spent spring break in Harlem building a sensory garden for children through Alternative Breaks, which promotes service learning through direct engagement with various communities.
Researchers have discovered that many of the shark’s proteins involved in an array of different functions – including metabolism – match humans most closely than they do zebrafish, the quintessential fish model.
Syed Rehman, a Muslim, and his partner, Manda, of the First Congregational Church in Ithaca, have learned how to respect each other's religions, Rehman said at Feb. 16 Soup and Hope event. (Feb. 21, 2012)
A one-acre hop yard was established June 30 as a research planting to bolster the hops revival in New York. The team will soon develop a New York hops grower’s guide as well.
Provost Carolyn (Biddy) Martin announced this week that she has established the position of deputy provost in her office and has named David R. Harris to the post, effective Aug. 20. (Aug. 23, 2007)
In a Cornell Perspectives piece, Alan Mathios talks about the legacy of Don Tobias, executive director of Cornell University Cooperative Extension - New York City, who died Nov. 22.